Archive of Nuclear Data
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Index of Nuclear Data

Table of USSR/Russian Nuclear Warheads
1949-75 | 1976-2002


End
Strategic Warheads
Non-
Stockpiled
Awaiting
Intact
Year
ICBM
SLBM
Bombers
Total
Strategic
Warheads
Dism'tlem't
Warheads
1949



1 1
?
?
1950



5 5
?
?
1951



25 25
?
?
1952



50 50
?
?
1953



120 120
?
?
1954



150 150
?
?
1955



200 200
?
?
1956

126 126 300 426
?
?
1957

160 160 500 660
?
?
1958
6 263 269 600 869
?
?
1959
35 326 360 700 1,060
?
?
1960 2 32 372 405 1,200 1,605
?
?
1961 11 60 401 471 2,000 2,471
?
?
1962 38 72 412 522 2,800 3,322
?
?
1963 104 72 462 638 3,600 4,238
?
?
1964 201 72 548 821 4,400 5,221
?
?
1965 295 76 559 929 5,200 6,129
?
?
1966 437 79 573 1,089 6,000 7,089
?
?
1967 859 76 605 1,539 6,800 8,339
?
?
1968 1,068 126 605 1,799 7,600 9,399
?
?
1969 1,338 204 596 2,138 8,400 10,538
?
?
1970 1,546 301 596 2,443 9,200 11,643
?
?
1971 1,616 380 596 2,592 10,500 13,092
?
?
1972 1,600 481 596 2,678 11,800 14,478
?
?
1973 1,635 584 596 2,815 13,100 15,915
?
?
1974 1,666 722 596 2,985 14,400 17,385
?
?
1975 2,277 869 596 3,743 15,700 19,443
?
?



End
Strategic Warheads
Non-
Stockpiled
Awaiting
Intact
Year
ICBM
SLBM
Bombers
Total
Strategic
Warheads
Dism'tlem't
Warheads
1976 2,607 1,002 596 4,205 17,000 21,205
?
?
1977 2,838 1,309 596 4,744 18,300 23,044
?
?
1978 3,666 1,531 596 5,793 19,600 25,393
?
?
1979 4,833 1,605 596 7,035 20,900 27,935
?
?
1980 5,630 1,636 596 7,862 22,200 30,062
?
?
1981 5,977 1,976 596 8,549 23,500 32,049
?
?
1982 6,596 1,959 596 9,152 24,800 33,952
?
?
1983 6,993 1,947 764 9,704 26,100 35,804
?
?
1984 7,135 2,140 756 10,031 27,400 37,431
?
?
1985 7,154 2,377 966 10,497 28,700 39,197
?
?
1986 7,153 2,394 1,176 10,723 30,000 40,723 4,277 45,000
1987 7,216 2,631 1,313 11,159 27,700 38,859 4,141 43,000
1988 7,277 2,841 1,512 11,630 25,700 37,330 3,667 41,000
1989 7,382 3,085 1,651 12,117 23,700 35,817 3,195 39,000
1990 7,285 3,045 1,485 11,815 21,700 33,515 3,583 37,000
1991 6,411 2,932 1,329 10,672 18,933 29,606 6,405 35,000
1992 6,011 2,617 1,462 10,089 16,167 26,256 7,845 33,000
1993 5,414 2,503 1,468 9,385 13,400 22,785 8,899 31,000
1994 4,530 2,436 1,468 8,434 10,633 19,067 10,601 29,000
1995 3,894 2,386 1,468 7,748 7,867 15,615 12,022 27,000
1996 3,768 2,386 1,468 7,622 5,100 12,722 12,915 25,000
1997 3,759 1,915 840 6,514 4,750 11,264 11,736 23,000
1998 3,770 1,655 840 6,264 4,500 10,764 10,236 21,000
1999 3,717 1,655 830 6,201 4,250 10,451 9,799 20,250
2000 3,717 1,655 830 6,201 4,000 10,201 9,299 19,500
2001 3,162 1,453 911 5,526 3,600 9,126 9,076 18,750
2002 3,162 1,126 911 5,199 3,380 8,579 9,421 18,000

last revised 11.25.02


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